In that system, career preferment comes from virtuosity in analysis and careful contributions made within clearcut ground rules.
The result then is a request for preferment that is dressed as a grand compliment.
In this respect, the prime minister's control over the distribution of preferment is the linchpin of party unity.
The prime minister's monopoly over the distribution of preferment is a far more reliable means of ensuring members' loyalty.
Such cynics saw honour as a matter of rank and preferment, to be gained by noisy shows of loyalty and the traditional swaggering bravado of the braggart soldier.
The predominant concern is not personal ambition or preferment.
Has she seen the preferment that has been given to the trustees of the blind trust?
My humble preferment last night was also one of election.
